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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

a dispatch from

asheville

NC

35.58°N

82.55°W

Asheville is what happens when a mountain town and an art school have a baby and raise it on craft beer. Downtown packs more breweries per capita than almost anywhere in America, plus buskers on every corner and Art Deco buildings the Depression accidentally preserved (the city went broke before it could tear them down). The Biltmore, America's largest private home, looms on the edge of town like a stone-carved flex. Remote workers keep showing up, which is how you know.

metro417k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$57

under Richmond, every month

A near-tie on cost. What separates Asheville is the life around the numbers.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

3% more expensive than Richmond(vs $1,691/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$104/mo less in state tax than Richmond

vs 5.75% in Richmond

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$57 more than Richmond

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$430k

9% more expensive than Richmond

vs $394k in Richmond

05metro size

417k

vs 1.4M in Richmond

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Richmond only logs 172 pleasant days.

Richmond hosts 1.7× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

2% higher than Richmond

vs 65/100 in Richmond

Closest outdoor draw: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 74.8 mi.

·walk score®

63/100

9% lower than Richmond

vs 69/100 in Richmond

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

58% fewer than Richmond

vs 19 nonstops in Richmond

04 · see also

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